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New Blackberry 10 ‘London’ Smartphone Pictures Leaked
“…The slide on CrackBerry.com showing London says the industrial design will be “elegant, understated, precise, solid, slim” and that the smartphone is the “ultimate communication device” with “exceptional power and efficiency.” London will be released in the UK, where RIM’s BlackBerry is still the top-selling smartphone, according to CrackBerry. Two other BlackBerry 10 models, code-named ...
Microsoft Releases Kinect for Windows
“…We’re thrilled at the sales we’ve seen for Kinect (for XBox – 18 million sold in the past year – and we were honored to receive a Guinness World Record for the fastest selling consumer electronics device ever. Buy one for Windows now From Microsoft or Amazon “…distribution partners in our twelve launch countries are ...
Apple Workers Operate in Harsh Conditions
“…Banners on the walls warned the 120,000 employees: “Work hard on the job today or work hard to find a job tomorrow… …Workers assembling iPhones, iPads and other devices often labor in harsh conditions, according to employees inside those plants, worker advocates and documents published by companies themselves. Problems are as varied as onerous work ...
WindowsUnblocker From Kaspersky: Free Automated Virus and Malware Cleaner
“…Kaspersky WindowsUnblocker is a free tool that can be used to boot an otherwise unbootable computer and start the process of cleansing the registry of unwanted entries that have been added by malware. The software is supplied as an ISO image that can be burned to CD or DVD, or used to create a bootable ...
Office 15 Technical Preview Released and Is Already Full
What this means is that there is a pre-Beta of the next version of Office, but you can’t get it. “Not since Office 2003 has Microsoft taken such an “ambitious undertaking” to reinvent the productivity suite. Today, PJ Hough, CVP of development for Microsoft’s Office division, announced the “technical preview” for the suite’s next version ...
VIDEO: How Do All Those On-Line Ordered get Picked and Packed
Millions of online purchases are made each day, but what and who actually places those items into packages? I love these TED Talks. This one takes a pretty mundane topic and makes it quite interesting. At TEDxBoston, Mick Mountz of Kiva Systems, weaves a fascinating tale out of a seemingly boring subject: online ordering, its challenges ...
The Future of Energy… is Now!
Carbon nanotube window coatings can allow or block light, create or block electricity and be very very interesting. Watch this facinating 10 minute Ted Talk. CEO of Nanoholdings, Justin Hall-Tipping, explains how nanotechnology will change the near future of energy and replace fossil fuel. A quick scan of websites and blog comments, combined with other nanotube information ...
Apple iPad Has Drastic Loss of Market Share
“…Do I have your attention yet? Apple fans needn’t worry, iPad has considerable lead over Android tablets. iPad global market share, as measured by mobile operating system, fell to 57.6 percent in fourth quarter from 68.2 percent a year earlier, according to Strategy Analytics. Meanwhile, Android tablets rose to 39.1 percent from 29 percent. Something ...
Samsung Sold Just As Many Phones As Apple… Now Consider All of the Other Android Device Makers
“…My reaction mirrored many others this week. Apple’s big iPhone holiday quarter seemed simply unbelievable — 37 million, up 128 percent year over year. But Samsung was close. Real close: 36.5 million smartphones, according to Strategy Analytics. Together, the two companies accounted for 47 percent of fourth-quarter smartphone shipments. The horse race between the companies ...
Bill Gates Has Given Away $26 BILLION Since 1994 – Reflects on Steve Jobs Death
“…Since 1994, the Gates Foundation has given grants totalling more than $26bn to various charities and projects. But Jobs’ death served as a reminder to Gates that he needed to push on with his philanthropic efforts, he said in the interview. “…And there’s drugs we’re investing in now that won’t be out for 15 years ...
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